 What is particularly terrible about what's so bad about these times, according to the authors, it seems like things are kind of off these days. You're not alone. Recently, more than 100,000 people liked a post marking the start of the pandemic that said four years ago this week was the last normal week of our lives. Objectively speaking, we are living through a dumpster fire of a historical moment. Right now, more than a million people are displaced and at risk of starvation in Gaza, as are millions in Sudan. War is on the rise around the globe. 2023 saw the most civilian casualties in 15 years.